Nail-holding attachment for hammers.



LIHRITZ, J..& S. SIVICK. MAIL HoLmNG AUACHMENT Fon HAMMERS'.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 25. 1 916.

1,247,683. l Patented N0\T.,27,19v17.

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BEST AVAILABLE COF` Lrtennf'nnrra, an., Ann Seemann sirviera. o

it known that wegdoen' Herma. Jr.

vand SrnrggfnNSrvrcn, citizens of the United ifiateis,r residing'l at yHastingsupondmlson,

5 in thelqeounty of Westchester and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Nail-Holding, Attachmentsfor Hammers, of which the fell -lowingjs a specification.

10 This invention-relates to certain new and useful, improvements in nail holding attachments folthammers.

The primary object ofthe invention is to prov1de van .improved form Vof nail holding.

tachment therefor vbeing in .the 'form of a .forked element `is detachably. associated'.

with the hammer head with:v the outer face thereof` lying within the plane of theiouter face of the hammer.

AA furtherobject oie the invention is to provide a nail holding attachment for hammer heads, i'nwhich the attachment is in the form of 'a forked element that is entirely .fastened tothe hammer head. on one of its. exposedsides, the forked element he- .ing substantially wedge-shaped for reception in a similarly shaped socket in the hammer head whereby the same may be eiieetively reteined in position.

Vth4 the afhove general objects in view and othersl that will appear as the nature ci the invention' is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction, com- `hinatihni and .arrangement of parts to he hereinafter more iuliy derihed and then eiaimed.

:In the accompanying :drawing forming a v part of this application and to which refin erenee is had herein hyv like Acharacters designating corresponding parts-throughout the several views:---`

ligzure 4l is a side'eievatienal view of a hammer head with the present form lof nail holding device attached thereto. i

Fig. 2 is an end elevational view thereof showing the dove-tailed connection between the nail holding element and the hammer I head.

is a lon itndinal sectional viewv gli of Fig. l.

Fie'. fl is a detail perspective View of the nail ioiding device detached rom the hainfner head.

en dig.' .5 is a side elevational view of a' taken on line lll,-

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Speeiiicetion.- of' Letters Patent.v Patentgd NGV-gie l septime med october as, 191e. serial ne. 127,584.. y i l vholdnsg devicel secured thereto. v

nail holding attachment wf hairline attachment for hammers in which the at? rHasrINeS-nrehfnnnso leoni;

atm lee-ad wie 'ee mtaieaapmgfean Fig. Sie -a longitudine. sec Online VIe-,VI or" Figlv, Fig. Z is a detail perspeet modified form of "nail-,hol taehedfrom thev hemmenhe'ad Thepresent invention a l in which the nail/holder 1,Sa1one..asso atedf'lg with one ofthe `outer sidefacesfofafhamrjl;

mer headA and 'so positioned"` afsocktor'f .recess in .the"hammer `headas to'- have the f main .portion thereof' lying within 'the outer l side of the hammer. Two form'sf'oi the ventionare shown, Athepreferred forlfn cluding a dove-tailed 'interlockin "feonned tion Ibetween the nailholder -an hammer head as shown in Figs. 1 to 4 withga Jz'astenf ing device as a screw, for retaining thefsaiiieqg; in position while a -moded forinfof thfeQde-'"y` vice'is shown in Figs..5 Ito 7. and includ flat plate received ina siinilarlyshaliedfi" 'cess'. in the outer side of. afhaxnmerjheadif with a fastening deviceasarivet `for porfis() manently securing the samegin polsitiofn.l 'j Referring more` in detail to the aceoxriy panying drawing, the reference numeral 10 designates the body'portion of a hammer head having the usual hammering end head g5 .11v and the nail extracting jaws 12. One 'side face of the hammer head vl() has a wedge-shaped socket or depression 13 formed therein with the smaller end thereof positioned at thel outer ensd of the hammer 90 l0. The outer end of the recess 13 is provided with aidove-tailed seat 14: as more clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

The preferred form of the nail holding device 15 associated with the hammerhead 95 includesa pair of prongs 16 angularly dise posedcoincident to 'the side walls of the socket 13 with the free ends `thereof slightly turned outwardly as atl 17 ato. be 'spaced from the outer face of the hammer head 10. A100 dove-tail block projection 18 is carried by the nail holder 15 and is adapted l to be slidably received in the dove-tailed seat 1li in the hammer'head 10 to be assembled as shown in l to 3. When 'in this posi- 105 tion, a fastening screw 19? passes'throngh an` block 1.8 and egs 16 lie within the dove lo BEST AVAILABLE COP tailed seat and recess 13 so that the only projecting parts of the nail holding device are the outwardly projecting ends 17 as clearly indicated in Fig. 3. In this position the desired resiliency is placed upon the legs 16 so that a .nail head gripped between the same and the hammer head will be efectively retained thereby forthe purpose desired.

-A modified form of the device is shown in Figs. 5 to 7 and in this construction, va recess 13 of wedge-shape is alone provided with the exclusion of the dove-tailed seat 14, while the nail holding element is free of the block projection 18" As shown in Fig.

' 6, a suitable fastening means, as a rivet 21,

passes through the-"opening 20 in the nail holder 15 and through a corresponding opening in the hammer heard 10 and is retained thereinby swaging t exinner end of the rivet in the usual manner. In this construction, the nail holding element is also positioned inwardly ofthe outer face of the ammer head with the curved end 17 alone projecting therefrom while the particular form .of wedge slot and nail holder eii'ectively retains the same in position against outward movement of the nail holder relative to thehammer head.

While the 'form of the invention herein shown and described is what is believed to be the preferable embodiment thereof, it is nevertheless to be understood that minor changes may be made in the form, proportion and details of construction without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed.

What is claimed as new is 1. A nail placer comprising a head having a recess in one face thereof, the side walls of saidrecess being longitudinally converging, and a substantially dat nail-engaging element rigidly secured to said head at the narrow end of the recess and lying normally withinl the plane of the said face, said element being of a form whereby its side edges substantially contact with the converging side walls of ythe recess throughout their length and being provided with a substantially V-shaped elongated longitudinal notch inwardly from its wider end producing a pair of symmetrical diverging springy nail-engaging lingers to clamp the head of a nail between the under faces thereof and the bottom wall of said recess.

2. A nail driving implement havingy a. transverse groove in one face thereof, said groove having straight longitudinally converging unobstructed side walls, and a'substantially V-shaped flat nail holding element fitted in said groove normally within the plane of said face of the implement and contacting with the bottom wall of said groove substantially throughout its entire length, the free ends only of the nail holding element being slightly outwardly deflected, and means to secure the `narrow end of said nail holding element to said implementl against outward and endwise dis-l placement from thegroove.

In testimony whereof we aiix our signatures.

' JOHN HRITZ, JR.

STEPHEN SIVICK. 

